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Windows 95

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Windows 95

1995 vOEM Service Release 2.5 (4.0.950 C) / November 26, 1997; 28 years ago (1997-11-26) Proprietary, commercial software Active

Operating system entry sourced from Wikipedia: Windows 95.

Runs on: PCs with 386DX+, Apple not supported

Key specifications

Family
Windows
Type
Desktop
Kernel
Monolithic
Version
OEM Service Release 2.5 (4.0.950 C) / November 26, 1997; 28 years ago (1997-11-26)
License
Proprietary, commercial software
Released
1995

general

Developer Microsoft
Family Windows
Generalavailability August 24, 1995; 30 years ago (1995-08-24)
Kernel Hybrid (16/32-bit)
Kernel type Monolithic
Latest release OEM Service Release 2.5 (4.0.950 C) / November 26, 1997; 28 years ago (1997-11-26)
License Proprietary, commercial software
Microsoft Plus! for Windows 95 Frosting
OEM Service Release 2 Detroit
OEM Service Release 2.1[k][l][m] August 27, 1997
OEM Service Release 2.5[o][l][p][m] November 26, 1997
Official website Windows 95, Wayback Machine
Preceded by Windows 3.1
Released tomanufacturing July 14, 1995; 30 years ago (1995-07-14)
Service Pack 1 —N/a
Source model Closed source
Succeeded by Windows 98
Supported platforms IA-32
Type desktop
USB Supplement to OSR2 —N/a
Windows 95 (retail and OEM) Chicago

platform

Architectures x86
Hardware PCs with 386DX+, Apple not supported

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Performance profile

Catalog-derived scores for comparison — not benchmark results.

Security 5
Performance 36
Compatibility 66
Ecosystem 72
Modern support 5
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